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Third playlist of the best indie-folk musicians with free downloads
So, here it is: my third 'Top 10' of the best indie-folk musicians with multiple free downloads. Those of you familiar with this occasional series will know the format by now. Basically, I share with you my latest finds from the world of lo-fi, folky, bedroom pop. Once again there's the usual emphasis on gentle ukulele and glockenspiel sounds and, as always, some top notch songwriting. There's plenty of heart-breaking, earnest lyricism too for those of you who share my penchant for this. This batch is a little bit more melancholy than the previous playlists I think. I have to say thanks to Griff from Sighrens (http://www.last.fm/music/Sighrens) for bringing quite a few of these bands to my attention. If any more of you want to share bands with me for future lists then please do so. I hope you'll like what you hear and I hope you'll go on to listen to more songs by all these artists. Remember that as well as being talented musicians they also all permit multiple free downloads from the…
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Second playlist of the best indie-folk musicians with free downloads
I didn't really intend to do one of these a month but I got some nice feedback from my first list and I also realised that I had another 10 artists who fitted the bill. As before, this is a playlist of the kind of music I love. It's not quite indie and it's not quite folk. Some of the acts featured are determinedly, lovably lo-fi and some are a wee bit more folky and considered. They all though exist in my ideal musical world where the songs are sometimes short, catchy and witty and sometimes soft, honest and heartbreaking. As in the first playlist I posted the best artists manage to combine both sensibilities. Just as importantly, these artists are brave and willing enough to value art over commerce and all of them provide multiple free downloads on their pages. I've chosen one song from each artist but I hope that anyone listening will go on to listen to more songs by these musicians. It's well worth it!
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Best lo-fi, indie-folk musicians with multiple free MP3 downloads!
This is my first top 10 of the kind of music I love. It's not quite indie and it's not quite folk. It straddles that delicious borderland in between where soft-voiced, bedroom pop artists voice their intimate concerns accompanied by plinking ukuleles and mandolins, reedy melodicas and chiming glockenspiels all underpinned by fantastically naive percussion provided by hand-claps, tambourines and anything near to hand which can be struck, tapped or shaken. Sometimes the songs are joyously upbeat and quirky. Oftentimes they're heart-breakingly melancholy and wistful. But always the lyrics have the ring of personal truths revealed and the music is gentle, heartfelt and touchingly real. These artists are the perfect antidote to the over-produced blandness of the money-oriented modern commercial pop thrust on us by the Simon Cowells of this world. Unfortunately there isn't really a consistent genre label for this type of music. I like to think of it as 'soft indie'. That seems reasonably de…
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